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Jansen de Vries syndrome: Report of four new patients and review of the literature
Authors: Tuiskula Anna, Rahikkala Elisa, Kero Andreina, Haanpää Maria K., Avela Kristiina
Publisher: ELSEVIER
Publication year: 2023
Journal: European Journal of Medical Genetics
Journal name in source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
Journal acronym: EUR J MED GENET
Article number: 104807
Volume: 66
Issue: 8
Number of pages: 6
ISSN: 1769-7212
eISSN: 1878-0849
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmg.2023.104807
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Jansen de Vries syndrome (JDVS, OMIM: 617450) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder associated with hypotonia, behavioral features, high threshold to pain, short stature, ophthalmological abnormalities, dysmorphism and occasionally a structural cardiac condition. It is caused by truncating variants of the last and penultimate exons of PPM1D. So far, 21 patients with JVDS have been reported in the literature. Here, we describe four novel cases of JVDS and review the current literature. Notably, our patients 1, 3 and 4 do not have intellectual disability albeit they have significant developmental difficulties. Thus, the phenotype may span from a classic intellectual disability syndrome to a milder neurodevelopmental disorder. Interestingly, two of our patients have received successful growth hormone treatment. Considering the phenotype of all the known JDVS patients, a cardiological consultation is recommended, as at least 7/25 patients showed a structural cardiac defect. Episodic fever and vomiting may associate with hypoglycemia and may even mimic a metabolic disorder. We also report the first JDVS patient with a mosaic gene defect and a mild neurodevelopmental phenotype.
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